Lakshmi was born in India where she lived until she was four years old.
Lakshmi attended Clark University and opted to spend her final semester studying abroad in Madrid, Spain.
A friend of a friend who happened to be a modeling agent recruited her but she set the hours.
As she recounted toNPR, Lakshmi wrote up three recipes and an essay about why she loves cooking.
She included a Tupperware dish of her own cooking during her pitch.
“I presented the publisher with the recipe,” she recalled.
Whatever Lakshmi does next, it’s bound to be amazing.
